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A Glimpse into the Next Generation of XR Talent
February 27, 2023
How FCAT participates in XR community engagements that empower the next generation of innovation
Why all the Fuss about ChatGPT?
February 14, 2023
While most of the AI buzz of 2022 was around AI image generators like DALL-E 2, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, the year ended with a bang with the release of OpenAI’s new text generator ChatGPT. Attracting over 1 million users just a few days...
Humanity-Centered Design: An Interview with Don Norman
February 14, 2023
FCAT had the pleasure of welcoming Don Norman, author of Design for a Better World, for a speaking event where he presented an eye-opening diagnosis of how human behavior has led to numerous societal crises from collapsing social structures to...
Gen X: A Mature Market That’s Often Overlooked
February 2, 2023
Gen X are in their peak earning and retirement savings years, yet this “forgotten generation” can be overlooked when it comes to the complexity of their financial needs. And yet, the complexity of their financial lives requires attention, perhaps...
Decentralized Finance is Growing Up
January 27, 2023
Introduction Decentralized Finance (DeFi) was one of the first applications of blockchain technology to provide a real use case in the industry. Borrowing
Meet the Hosts: Jason Ward
January 17, 2023
Jason Ward didn’t need to take on the booms, busts, structural complexities, regulatory uncertainty, and energy-consumption concerns of the blockchain and its attendant technologies. He wanted to.
The State of Enterprise Blockchain Adoption
January 13, 2023
Why even use a private blockchain, wouldn’t a database suffice? It’s a question that’s colored most enterprise technology inquiries surrounding blockchain infrastructure adoption since Bitcoin launched in 2009. And it’s even more timely now as both...
2022: The Year of the AI Image Generator
November 22, 2022
While 2021 was the year of monster AI language models and AI text generation, thanks to powerful language models like OpenAI’s GPT-3,1 it seems that 2022 is the year of text-to-image AI systems. We’ve seen AI art before – just last year Sophia the...
The Upswing: Q & A with Robert D. Putnam
November 3, 2022
By many measures, Americans are more polarized than ever. Can we come together to solve our biggest social, economic and environmental challenges? After a recent Speaker Series event, legendary political scientist Robert D. Putnam shared some...
Commitment After Collapse: Code Contributions in the Terra Ecosystem
October 10, 2022
Before its historic collapse, Terra became one of the highest valued crypto ecosystems with a strong community of developers. But with a relaunched chain and a damaged reputation, are these developers still committed? An analysis of GitHub code...